Rick Perry slips, Herman Cain rises in bid for GOP nomination, poll finds  —  After a quick rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experienced an almost equally dramatic decline, losing about half of his support over the past month, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

On Wall Street, a Protest Matures  —  “I think a good deal of the bankers should be in jail.”  —  That is what Andrew Cole, an unemployed 24-year-old graduate of Bucknell University, told me Monday morning in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

House Republicans Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on ‘Fast and Furious’  —  EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.

In Texas remarks, Obama targets Cantor  —  President Obama on Tuesday plans to target House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, including the Virginia Republican in an all-out assault on the GOP.  —  After making a trip to a bridge in Kentucky to publicly shame House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …

After Ruling, Hispanics Flee an Alabama Town  —  ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — The vanishing began Wednesday night, the most frightened families packing up their cars as soon as they heard the news.  —  They left behind mobile homes, sold fully furnished for a thousand dollars or even less.

Money Dispute May End ‘Simpsons’  —  A money dispute between Fox and the actors who voice the characters on The Simpsons may force the long-running hit series to shut down next spring.  Lloyd Grove reports exclusively.  —  As Homer Simpson would put it, “D'oh!”

After Solyndra, Other Energy Loans Draw Scrutiny … New revelations continue to surface about the Obama administration's handling of half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees to the now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra.  —  On Monday, Democrats released a memo that showed …

George Lopez: Cain ‘Darker Than Obama, But Whiter On The Inside’  —  On Monday's “Fox and Friends,” liberal comedian George Lopez all but threw the “Oreo” racial slur at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: “The Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama...but whiter on the inside.”

Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line  —  WASHINGTON— Iranian military leaders have rebuffed a plan championed by senior Obama administration officials to establish a military-to-military hot line between Washington and Tehran, increasing U.S. fears about the potential …

Testimony  —  Economic Outlook and Recent Monetary Policy Actions  —  Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C.  —  Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and recent monetary policy actions.

The Racial Resentment Checklist  —  As I said when initially discussing Rick Perry's time vacationing at Niggerhead Ranch, the important context here is that there is no racism in America.  Or if there is, it certainly has nothing to do with white people.  And certainly not with conservative white people.

Secret Docs Show Foreclosure Watchdog Doesn't Bark or Bite  —  Why has the administration's flagship foreclosure prevention program been so ineffective in helping struggling homeowners get loan modifications and stay in their homes?  One reason: The government's supervision of the program has apparently ranged from nonexistent to weak.

Poll: 7 in 10 say Obama has not helped economy  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto  —  A new CBS News poll finds that nearly seven in 10 Americans believe President Obama has not made real progress in fixing the economy.

Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women |  Cath Elliott  —  The social network's ‘jokes in the pub’ analogy, defending its decision not to take down pro-rape pages, is offensive  —  It doesn't matter how hard I study Facebook's terms and conditions …